On Blindfold Brackets, each tournament team received a one-through-five rating in six categories (offense, defense, size, experience, three-point shooting and recent play).
The Flames' .429 winning percentage (15-20) is the lowest for an NCAA tournament team since Oakland (Michigan) had a 12-18 record (.400) in 2005.
I'm enjoying it and I'm delighted but I'm very aware that it's the result of the spectacular tournament the team has had.
The 16-team tournament continues on Monday, as Group C kicks off with outsiders India playing Asia's top-ranked team Australia and then two-time champions South Korea taking on Bahrain.
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Minnesota, the No. 2 overall seed in the 16-team tournament, finished the season 26-9-5.
The 16-team tournament, played every four years, sees defending champions Iraq facing Iran in Group D on Tuesday.
Since 1985, when the 64-team tournament field was established, 45 top seeds have made it to the final four.
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Canisius (19-18-5) will open the 16-team tournament against Quinnipiac (27-7-5) at Providence, R.
The British duo made it into the final of the eight-team tournament in 2010 where they were beaten 2-1 by Spain.
The final of the 14-team tournament, which is also being hosted by Sri Lanka, will be held in Mumbai on 2 April.
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Tanzania's Taifa Stars went into their game against Zanzibar needing a win to have any hopes of progressing in this 10-team tournament.
Japan, the second-highest ranked team at the 16-team tournament behind fellow 2010 World Cup qualifiers Australia, leveled in the 28th minute through Kagawa.
Co-hosts Poland will launch the 16-team tournament on June 8 against 2004 champions Greece in Warsaw, it was confirmed in Kiev on Friday.
India, one of the favourites to win the eight-team tournament, have already lost opening batsman Virender Sehwag (shoulder) and pace bowler Zaheer Khan to injury.
"I spoke to David today and made it clear that I was disappointed with his decision not to travel to the Under-21 tournament with his team-mates, " said McClaren.
"Knapp does not know us, " shouted the headline in the Malay Mail newspaper as the Malaysian team slumped to yet another defeat during the 12-team tournament.
Union, the ECAC champion, will face conference rival Quinnipiac, the top seed in the 16-team tournament, on Sunday for a spot in the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh.
Poland, 28th in the European rankings, will be in Group A and 15th-placed Ukraine in Group D for the 16-team tournament, the last before an expansion to 24 nations.
The Crusaders are involved in the National League One Grand Final against Salford on Sunday, but are preparing to enter Super League in February having won a licence into the expanded 14-team tournament.
Yale, which plays in the ECAC Hockey conference, is an underdog on Saturday against its Connecticut neighbor: The Bobcats are the top-seed overall in the 16-team tournament and beat the Bulldogs three times this season.
England, one of eight teams yet to travel to the Caribbean for the 12-team tournament, could have flown from Dubai, if their scheduled flight from London had remained grounded because of the volcanic ash cloud produced by an eruption in Iceland.
It is a surprising move by England and follows reports in a number of newspapers that the Surrey batsman, who has disappointed for two years in one-day internationals, will look to retire from 50-over cricket after the 14-team tournament in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
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Yet for all the media coverage about departing players in Europe, for Africans the biggest story before the tournament concerns one team that will definitely not be booking any flights to South Africa in the summer: reigning champions Egypt, and their bid to win a record third straight title.
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Thirteen Sri Lankans are signed up to play in the nine-team Twenty20 tournament, which begins on 3 April.
It was the third defeat of the tournament for a US team that was criticised for being under-prepared.
Not to mention outfitting the crews in caps and shirts, while placing ads on team and tournament Web sites.
He said he would return to the tournament to support his team-mates at a later date, providing his rehab allows him to.
Last year, the Shockers lost their first game of the tournament to a VCU team coming off of a 2011 Final Four appearance.
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Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss, who is also stepping down from his post after the tournament, said the team's attack was about more than just one bowler.
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If this was college basketball, one could dismiss the huge plunge because of the second opportunity the NCAA Tournament provides for every team to win on the court.
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